Spring Airlines (in simplified Chinese春秋航空公司) was the first airline established under the form of sole proprietorship at the beginning and the source of capital was from private individual. Of course, as the company was getting more and more busy and the capital involved increases day by day, the Spring Airlines has become a company with more than one shareholders. In May 26, 2004, after approval of the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration, the establishment of the Spring Airlines was started and after about a year or so, the company was set up and it got a successful first flight.

Spring Airlines is based in Shanghai and the board chairman now is Wang Zhenghua. Airline code of Spring Airline is 9C and it is the only airline in China which is not participating in China’s civil aviation network sales system (CRS). Yes, it is a popular airline but it does not join this system, why? The answer is quite simple, it is because the airline is having its own system of selling tickets. It is an airline which is selling cheap tickets and nearly all flight tickets are cheaper than other airlines by about 30%. In other parts of the world, such kind of airlines is quite common but in China, this idea is innovative.

In fact, there is also something more innovative. In June 26, 2009, Spring Air announced the availability of standing place provided with safety belts for passengers. That means, you could take a flight by standing on the plane! Well, it is not very comfortable, especially for long flight, but as Spring Airlines mainly provides short flights, and the price would be much cheaper due to the fact that standing places would make the capacity of the plane become more, some people would like to have a trial.

Spring Airlines is using Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport as the main landing airport, and most of the routes provided are domestic routes. Therefore, with innovative ideas, it is expected that the company would become more and more famous in the world.